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Virome diversity and potential sharing of wild mammals in a biodiversity hotspot, Yunnan, China. [PDF]

Virol J
Guo Y, Su C, Liang H, Jiang X, Yang R, Ye J, Gillespie TR, Gao Z, Xu L.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Belowground effects of ground‐dwelling large herbivores in forest ecosystems

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
This study reviews how ground‐dwelling large herbivores affect forest soil and litter globally. Effects are context‐dependent, vary among species and forest types, and remain poorly studied in tropical forests, highlighting critical gaps in understanding nutrient cycling and ecosystem functioning.
Letícia Gonçalves Ribeiro, Mateus Melo‐Dias, Beatriz Maria Paccas Saraiva, Nacho Villar, Mauro Galetti   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the palatability of different meats consumed in a biodiversity hotspot to inform alternative protein interventions. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Emogor CA, Ebri IB, Atsu BA, Ogu DS, Iferi OB, Balmford A.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Herbivore and mesocarnivore carcasses trigger divergent short‐term changes in soil properties

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Scavengers reshape nutrient cycles in soils under carrion. Compared to herbivore carcasses, smaller but longer‐lasting carnivore remains boost nutrient levels and microbial activity in dry soils. Abstract Animal corpses act as pulses of organic matter (OM) and serve a key zoogeochemical role by providing localized nutrient inputs to soils and thereby ...
Adrián Colino‐Barea, Fuensanta García‐Orenes, Zebensui Morales‐Reyes, Moisés Gonzálvez, Carlos Martínez‐Carrasco, Marcos Moleón, Daniel Redondo‐Gómez, Evan A. N. Marks, Minerva García‐Carmona, Victoria Arcenegui, José Carlos Huerta‐del‐Bosque, Adrián Orihuela‐Torres, Santiago Soliveres, Sofia Albolafio, Esther Sebastián‐González, José Antonio Sánchez‐Zapata   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Small mammals in a biodiversity hotspot harbor viruses of emergence risk. [PDF]

Natl Sci Rev
Feng Y, Kuang G, Pan Y, Wang J, Yang W, Wu WC, Pan H, Wang J, Han X, Yang L, Xin GY, Shan YT, Gou QY, Liu X, Guo D, Liang G, Holmes EC, Gao Z, Shi M.   +18 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Rising temperature non‐additively alters how different dimensions of biodiversity affect ecosystem‐scale processes

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
The authors distil how dimensions of biodiversity drive ecosystem processes with increasing temperature. Specifically, species physiology more greatly affected ecosystem primary production than did foraging behaviour, and physiology mediated non‐additive interactions with temperature.
Sean Pierce Richards, Maximilian H. K. Hesselbarth, Jacob Edward Allgeier   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bat community assembly in the ecotone of two neotropical biodiversity hotspots is determined by environmental filtering rather than historical factors

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
We demonstrate that environmental filtering is the primary mechanism shaping bat communities across the Cerrado–Atlantic Forest ecotone. By integrating phylogenetic diversity, environmental gradients, and coevolutionary assembly models, our study provides new insights into the processes maintaining biodiversity in a globally important transition zone ...
Daiana Cardoso Silva, Hernani F. M. Oliveira, Fabricius M. C. B. Domingos   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vertebrate Community Responses to Livestock Grazing in an Ancient Mediterranean Rangeland System: Rethinking the Role of Grazing in a Biodiversity Hotspot. [PDF]

Biology (Basel)
Victor E, Brenton S, Pafilis P, Foufopoulos J.   +3 more
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From foraging to decomposition: Large vertebrates as biotic drivers of trace element cycling across landscapes

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
We highlight an overlooked pathway in ecosystem functioning: the role of animal carcass decomposition in trace element cycling. By linking animal life cycles to landscape‐scale processes, we explain how large animals redistribute scarce elements and influence spatial heterogeneity, with implications for ecosystem functioning and restoration.
Elke Wenting, Henk Siepel, Elisabeth S. Bakker, Michael S. Strickland, Laurel Lynch, Harry Olde Venterink, Philip S. Barton   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Climatic and edaphic niche shifts during plant radiation in the Mediterranean biodiversity hotspot. [PDF]

Ann Bot
Fernández-Mazuecos M, Glover BJ.
europepmc   +1 more source